Certification Rules and Manuals

Certification related rules and statutes

  • DCF 202 - Day Care Certification Administrative Code
  • DHS 12 - Caregiver Law Administrative Code
  • Chapter 48 - Children's Code (48.651 and 48.685 pertains to certification)
  • Chapter 68 - Municipal Administrative Procedure - appeal process

Certification Manuals

Commentary Manual Updated 12/05/08

The purpose of the manual is to help providers/certifying staff understand the intent and application of the rule. An attempt has been made to offer commentary for those rules where experience indicates clarification would be helpful. However, a commentary cannot be written to cover every situation encountered. The comments are written in boxes with italicized print.

Policy Manual Updated 12/05/08

This manual includes policies and procedures for certifying agencies on Child Care Certification administration.

Caregiver Manual

This manual was developed to give child care certification agencies a thorough overview of the Caregiver Law and how the law pertains to child care certification.  

Module I - Overview -  Updated 02/09/12
Module 2 - Conducting the CBC -  Updated 02/28/13
Module 3 - Review of the CBC Results -  Updated
03/28 /13
Module 4 - CBC Records - Updated 08/20/12
Module 5 - Rehabilitation Review -  Updated 12/18/12
Serious Offenses List
Appendix A - Out-of-State CBC Fee/Authorization Request -  Updated 02/09/12

 


 Updated May 03, 2013

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